UK+Architecture

Architecture – with pictures.
 * ENGLAND'S MOST FAMOUS BUILDINGS**

__**Buckingham Palace**__

Buckingham palace is one of England's most-known landmark. It is of course the house of the reigning King or Queen. It was built in 1703 by the Duke of Buckingham and Normandy.

__**London eye**__ The London eye or also known as the millennium wheel is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe it is also the most visited paid-attraction in the UK with around 3-million people visiting a year. It is 135metres tall and has 32 capsules.

__**House of Parliament**__ The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house.).



__**Twickenham**__



Twickenham also known as Twikers is England's second biggest stadium (1st Wembley). It was built in 1907 and an extension was made to the south stand in 2005 making the full capacity 82,000. It is the home of RFU (rugby football union). Orignally it was a cabbage patch and then converted to the heart of English rugby.

__**Wembley**__

Wembley is England's biggest stadium. This is stadium was demolished in 2003 and re-built in 2007. This brilliant stadium has a capacity of 90,000, second largest in Europe (first Camp of Nou). This stadium was constructed on 778 million! It is England football team home venue. Wembley is situated in Wembley,London. Abnormally, Wembley Stadium is also the only Football Stadium with Landing lights for Aircraft.

__**Tower of London**__



 The   Tower of London  is a group of buildings and towers covering 13 acres along the north bank of the Thames. The central White Tower, begun in 1078 during the reign of William the Conqueror, was originally a fortress and royal residence, but was later used as a prison. The Bloody Tower is associated with Anne Boleyn and other notables who died there. The crowd jewels are also kept here in a special room called the jewel room where armed guards defend them. The only time the crown jewels have been taken out of the tower since 1303 is in WW2 when they where taken to Canada for safe keeping.

__**Bodiam Castle**__ Bodiam Castle is a quadrangular castle located near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It is said to be a perfect example of a late medieval moated castle. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, supposedly at the request of Richard II in order to defend the surrounding area from French invasion.  __**Windsor Castle**__

 Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation. The castle's floor area is approximately 484,000 square feet (about 45,000 square metres). Together with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, it is one of the principal official residences of the British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II spends many weekends of the year at the castle, using it for both state and private entertaining.

__**Leeds Castle**__

Leeds Castle, four miles south east of Maidstone, Kent, England, dates back to 1119, though a manor house stood on the same site from the ninth century. Built in 1119 by Robert de Crevecoeur to replace the earlier Saxon manor of Esledes, the castle became a royal palace for King Edward I of England and his queen, Eleanor of Castile in 1278.

__**Westminster Abbey**__

The church of st Peters at Westminster,is commonly known as Westminster Abbey. It is a place of coronation and burial sites of English monarchs. It is largely a Gothic church and was served as a Cathedral from 1546-1556.

__**Stonehenge**__

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.

__**Carlisle Castle **__

Carlisle Castle is situated in the historic city of Carlisle, Cumbria in England. The castle is over 900 years old and has been the scene of many historical episodes in British history. Given the proximity of Carlisle to the border between England and Scotland, it has been the centre of many wars and invasions.   Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the early 1900s. The island itself is accessible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway.
 * __Lindisfarne Castle__**

__Hadrians Wall__  Hadrians wall is a turf fortification built by the roman empire, with the width of modern day britain. Bui